Table 5.

Spearman correlation coefficients for A) PWV and B) CSBP.

	Healthy subgroup									Risk subgroup									Whole study group
A)	PWV (m/s)			PWV age (z)-score			PWV height (z)-score			PWV (m/s)			PWV age (z)-score			PWV height (z)-score			PWV (m/s)			PWV age (z)-score			PWV height (z)-score
Variables	N	r	p	N	r	p	N	r	p	N	r	p	N	r	p	N	r	p	N	r	p	N	r	p	N	r	p
Age (years)	24	0.679	<0.001	15	0.647	0.009	22	0.618	0.002	49	0.188	0.196	36	−0.327	0.051	45	−0.231	0.127	76	0.321	0.005	53	−0.198	0.156	70	−0.021	0.864
Sex	24	−0.012	0.955	15	0.248	0.373	22	−0.222	0.321	49	−0.118	0.418	36	0.097	0.575	45	−0.218	0.150	76	0.001	0.991	53	0.155	0.267	70	−0.056	0.643
Height (cm)	24	0.670	<0.001	15	0.728	0.002	22	0.493	0.020	49	0.274	0.057	36	0.051	0.770	45	−0.207	0.173	76	0.310	0.006	53	−0.022	0.874	70	−0.072	0.553
Weight (kg)	24	0.670	<0.001	15	0.782	0.001	22	0.562	0.006	49	0.078	0.592	36	−0.144	0.404	45	−0.172	0.260	76	0.277	0.015	53	−0.054	0.699	70	0.030	0.802
BMI (kg/m2)	24	0.488	0.016	15	0.533	0.041	22	0.456	0.033	49	−0.186	0.201	36	−0.215	0.208	45	−0.111	0.470	76	0.092	0.430	53	−0.064	0.647	70	0.097	0.423
Shuttle run rounds	24	−0.011	0.960	15	−0.306	0.267	22	−0.040	0.861	49	0.285	0.047	36	0.284	0.094	45	0.025	0.868	76	0.238	0.038	53	0.200	0.152	70	0.096	0.429
VO2max (ml/kg/min)	24	0.054	0.801	15	−0.129	0.647	22	−0.032	0.887	49	0.272	0.059	36	0.297	0.079	45	−0.040	0.796	76	0.225	0.050	53	0.233	0.093	70	0.038	0.757
Hand–grip left (kg)	24	0.479	0.018	15	0.627	0.012	22	0.320	0.146	49	0.224	0.122	36	0.059	0.734	45	−0.171	0.261	76	0.303	0.008	53	0.081	0.565	70	−0.008	0.947
Hand–grip right (kg)	24	0.502	0.012	15	0.578	0.024	22	0.369	0.091	49	0.248	0.086	36	0.093	0.590	45	−0.132	0.386	76	0.349	0.002	53	0.141	0.314	70	0.053	0.661
B)	CSBP (mmHg)			CSBP age (z)–score			CSBP height (z)–score			CSBP (mmHg)			CSBP age (z)–score			CSBP height (z)–score			CSBP (mm Hg)			CSBP age (z)–score			CSBP height (z)–score
Variables	N	r	p	N	r	p	N	r	p	N	r	p	N	r	p	N	r	p	N	r	p	N	r	p	N	r	p
Age (years)	24	0.581	0.003	15	0.364	0.183	22	0.500	0.018	49	0.119	0.415	36	−0.247	0.146	45	−0.212	0.163	76	0.263	0.022	53	−0.114	0.417	70	−0.007	0.953
Sex	24	−0.036	0.866	15	0.341	0.214	22	−0.136	0.546	49	−0.149	0.305	36	−0.057	0.742	45	−0.297	0.048	76	−0.015	0.898	53	0.122	0.384	70	−0.064	0.601
Height (cm)	24	0.637	0.001	15	0.674	0.006	22	0.501	0.018	49	0.096	0.513	36	−0.189	0.269	45	−0.291	0.052	76	0.240	0.037	53	−0.054	0.702	70	−0.079	0.514
Weight (kg)	24	0.643	0.001	15	0.639	0.010	22	0.506	0.016	49	0.010	0.948	36	−0.257	0.130	45	−0.275	0.068	76	0.248	0.030	53	−0.078	0.579	70	−0.007	0.954
BMI (kg/m2)	24	0.436	0.033	15	0.283	0.307	22	0.307	0.165	49	−0.076	0.603	36	−0.203	0.235	45	−0.126	0.409	76	0.131	0.259	53	−0.086	0.540	70	0.067	0.581
Shuttle run rounds	24	−0.007	0.975	15	−0.215	0.441	22	−0.012	0.956	49	0.099	0.497	36	0.039	0.823	45	−0.032	0.837	76	0.150	0.197	53	0.023	0.871	70	0.031	0.802
VO2max (ml/kg/min)	24	0.055	0.799	15	0.013	0.965	22	0.050	0.824	49	0.091	0.536	36	0.048	0.780	45	−0.081	0.595	76	0.142	0.221	53	0.089	0.528	70	0.008	0.946
Hand–grip left (kg)	24	0.466	0.022	15	0.461	0.083	22	0.339	0.122	49	0.169	0.245	36	−0.037	0.832	45	−0.139	0.362	76	0.283	0.013	53	0.085	0.545	70	0.025	0.838
Hand–grip right (kg)	24	0.378	0.069	15	0.272	0.328	22	0.207	0.354	49	0.166	0.254	36	−0.051	0.768	45	−0.154	0.312	76	0.278	0.015	53	0.052	0.710	70	0.011	0.929

PWV, pulse wave velocity; BMI, body mass index; CSBP, central systolic blood pressure. P < 0.05 are shown in bold.